Nations urge Venezuela on elections, warn of diplomatic ‘last resort’
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 14 nations on Thursday urged Venezuela to hold elections and release “political prisoners,” in a joint statement that kept open the option of seeking to suspend the South American country from the Organizat…
Peru reels from floods as it waits for end to brutal rainy season
CARAPONGO, Peru (Reuters) – Between rows of plastic tents on the outskirts of Lima, Martha Llanos takes her ration of rice and chicken alongside thousands of others who have been forced from their homes by the worst flooding to hit Peru in decades.
U.S. Senate to vote on Montenegro’s NATO membership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote next week on the ratification of Montenegro as the newest member of the NATO alliance, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, after the Trump administration urged lawmakers to take up t…
U.S. warns South Sudan government against ‘deliberate starvation tactics’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States warned South Sudan’s government on Thursday that preventing humanitarian aid workers from reaching parts of the war-torn state that are suffering famine could “amount to deliberate starvation tactics.”
UK honed attack response but feared unsophisticated ‘lone wolf’
LONDON (Reuters) – British police have spent years preparing the defense plan they put into action in London on Wednesday but have repeatedly said it would be difficult to stop a “lone wolf” attacker armed with unsophisticated weapons such as a car and…
Erdogan says to meet U.S. leadership in May, urges reversal of laptop ban
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he would have “face to face” talks with the new U.S. administration in May and that Syria and Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric he blames for July’s failed coup, were the top b…
Dozens killed, buried in rubble after Mosul air raid – Iraqi officials, residents
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Dozens of residents were buried in collapsed buildings in the Iraqi city of Mosul after an air strike against Islamic State triggered a massive explosion last week and rescuers are still recovering bodies, civil defense agency offic…
Erdogan says Turkey will review EU ties after April referendum
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will review all political and administrative ties with the European Union after an April referendum, including a deal to curb illegal migration, but will maintain economic relations with the bloc, President Tayyip Erdogan sa…
Former Haitian mayor sued in Boston over human rights abuses
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three Haitian nationals sued the former mayor of their rural village on Thursday, accusing him in Boston federal court of murdering, torturing and burning the homes of his political opponents.
In airline laptop ban, some in Turkey see commercial agenda
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – As Istanbul builds a massive new airport and Turkish Airlines pursues aggressive route expansion, some in Turkey see the ban on large carry-on electronics on U.S. and Britain-bound flights as a ploy to undermine their aviation indu…
